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"It's quite dark down here." Rose said, while her hand followed the wall.
The dungeons where just as dark as… well… dungeons.
"I know, I almost got lost walking to the Entrance hall." Malfoy answered.
Rose suddenly tripped, and almost fell over, hitting Malfoy.
"Watch out!" He said, reaching out for her. His arms closed around Rose's waist.
Rose felt her cheeks heat, and knew that they were probably as red as her hair.
"Uuhm, thanks." She mumbled, waiting for Malfoy to let her go.
"You're welcome." Malfoy said, waiting yet another second before letting her go.
Rose was suddenly happy for the darkness – her cheeks burned.
They walked a while in silence. Suddenly they saw a light down a side corridor.
Malfoy reached out, and Rose felt him grab at her wrist. Instead he ended up taking her hand.
She wanted to pull her hand away, but she knew it was more important to catch the person wandering alone at night. They started running as silently as possible.
When they were only 3 meters away, they both recognized the Gryffindor Head Boy. It was Rose's cousin, Louis, youngest child of her uncle Bill and aunt Fleur. Rose felt her cheeks blush again, and she quickly let go of Malfoy's hand.
"Hello Louis. Patrolling the dungeons?" Malfoy asked.
"Yes I am. And I guess my cousin and you are doing the same thing?" Louis asked.
Rose nodded and passed the note signed by from Headmaster McGonagall to Louis.
"Yes, we have our permissions here." She said, wishing her cheeks would stop burning.
Louis looked at the note, then nodded.
"Good." He said. "But there is no need for the two of you to patrol the dungeons. I've got that covered together with Professor Longbottom."
"Neville?" Rose asked.
Louis shook his head.
"No," he answered. "his wife, Luna. The professor of Care of Magical Creatures."
"Oh, yeah, I know her too." Rose said, feeling stupid. She hadn't had a lesson in Care of Magical Creatures since last year.
"You two better run off. Try patrolling 2nd and 3rd floor instead." Louis said.
Rose nodded, and she and Malfoy started to make their way towards the second floor.
The next morning, Saturday, Rose woke up early after just a few hours of sleep. The sun was barely up, the glowing orb still looking as if it were touching the Hogwarts grounds. Rose crept silently out off her bed, careful not to wake any of the other girls in the dorm. She opened her trunk and pulled out some muggle clothes. It was for running. Still careful to be silent, she put on her clothes, and sneaked out of the dorm. The sun had risen further, shining over the stunning view from the common room. The lake sparkled golden as the sun hit the mirror-like surface, which was only disturbed by a few brownish leaves from the surrounding trees. Autumn in its last glory days.
Rose walked out of the door with the eagle on, and made her way through the castle. The clock were barely 6 a.m., and the castle were silent. Rose could hear her own footsteps echo through the halls and corridors.
When she reached the Entrance Hall, Rose pushed open the double doors and walked out into the chill air. The sun had now risen even further and it's light shone upon all of the grounds. Rose let go of every thought and took of running.
She started her pace lightly, but picked it up the further away she got from the castle. The chill air made tears run from her eyes, but Rose ignored them and kept running. Picking up her pace even further, she felt her lungs contract, making it hard to breath. Suddenly, she saw a huge silhouette a bit down the hill. A smile showed on Rose's face as she approached the half giant.
"Morning Hagrid." Rose said.
Hagrid turned around and a smile could be seen through his giant beard.
"Rose." He said. "What yah doin' out at this time? Ain't yah supposed to sleep?"
"Well, 3 warm meals at day started to show, so I felt like taking a run." Rose answered.
Hagrid nodded.
"Do yah want some tea?" he then asked.
Rose shook her head.
"Thanks for the offer Hagrid, but I really should start getting back to the Castle. Breakfast is probably about to be served, and I really need a shower first." She answered.
Hagrid nodded.
"But I would like some tea at some other time." Rose said, waved goodbye and started running again.
About a week later, Rose was walking down towards the Great Hall accompanied by Lisa.
"Brr, it's getting colder and colder each time I take a morning run. I actually believe that I could smell snow this morning." Rose said.
"Pf, as if." Lisa answered with a grin. She knew how much Rose detested snow.
"No, seriously Lisa. I can't take any morning runs once snow is covering the ground. It's too damn cold! And in every outdoor lesson we'll be freezing our asses of! Bloody be if we're not still freezing our asses of in some of the indoor lessons!" Rose cried out.
Lisa couldn't help but grin at her.
"You're just afraid that you'll have to stand and embrace Malfoy to keep yourself warm at the night patrols." Lisa joked.
Rose sent her a mean look, which Lisa just laughed off.
"Come on Rose! Snow is magical – it's just so quiet and peaceful, and the ground looks so beautiful all covered in white." Lisa said.
Just as the two girls entered the Great Hall, Lisa stopped, looked up at the enchanted roof and exclaimed: "I want snow, and it can't come soon enough!"
And blimey if Lisa didn't get her wish granted. The first snowflake touched the Hogwarts ground about two days after, at the middle of November. Rose a bit down at first, but at Lisa, Camille and Andrew's constant pleas to join them in the snow, she loosened up, and joined them in snowball fights against her cousins and brothers.
There were no sight of Lily at all the fights, but Rose had her work cut out trying to handle James and Fred, who wanted to take out the 'Perfect Prefect' from the other house. At her third patrol with Malfoy, the pair of them nearly caught James wandering around at night, and he only escaped because of the Cloak of Invisibility, which he had inherited from his father. So now was the time for revenge!
It was during one of these fights, that the professor of Care of Magical Creatures, Luna Longbottom, suddenly showed up, and got hit by a couple of snowballs before managing to stop the fight.
"Weasley and Weasley!" She said in her slightly dreamy voice.
Both Fred, Rose, Hugo and Lucy, the girl of Rose's uncle Percy, looked confused at each other, until Luna pointed out Rose and Hugo.
"Follow me, please." Professor Longbottom said, and started to walk towards the castle.
Rose and Hugo, followed her silently.
Stay tuned, next chapter, called "The accident" is already on it's way!